Anisur Rahman

The Bangladesh under-15 women's team returned home yesterday morning from Thimphu but not before undertaking an unusually early morning preparation to catch the 8:30am flight from the Bhutanese capital.

The passion is so high that they hoist the national flags of their teams on rooftops and engage in bitter arguments about their teams, like they once did during matches of country's two archrivals -- Abahani and Mohammedan.

The festive Gazprom Football for Friendship Children's Championship, which saw budding footballers under the age of 12 from 211 countries participate, came to an end as the FIFA World Cup got underway through the opening match between hosts Russia and Saudi Arabia at the Luzhniki Stadium yesterday.

It was 8:30pm, but light of day still lingered over the Red Square in Moscow on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. Despite it being a public holiday, there were swarms of inside the square, and overflowing the surrounding streets, cafes and restaurants. The presence of huge number of fans from around the world for the FIFA World Cup added an extra tinge of festivity to Russia's national day.

With only one day to go till the greatest show on earth -- the FIFA World Cup -- begins in Russia, the host nation held a miniature

Millions are now addicted to the pink pills. They take it as stimulant and end up with organ damage and mental derangement. The Daily Star has prepared a three-part series on the invasion of yaba and is running the third part today.

Exactly 12 years ago, Bangladesh had to be content with only one silver and one bronze medal in the inaugural South Asian Archery

Shahidul Islam was only 10 when his mother died and his father remarried. He left his village in Shariatpur soon afterwards and came to Dhaka with his elder sister in 1992.

Arambagh KS, situated at the Club para of Motijheel, turned into a festive place yesterday for residents of the locality after the team made history on Saturday night by winning their first major trophy at top-flight football since the club's establishment in 1958.

Once this stadium was a basic concrete structure made seat as many spectators as possible. Yet, over the years, it has played the role

Abahani confirmed their sixth title of the Bangladesh Premier League with a game in hand following a 2-0 victory over fellow title-

For any sport to thrive, the root-level organizations like clubs, services teams and districts generally play the vital roles. These are the

Both the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) and the Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) want the women's national football team

It was not too long ago that coach Golam Rabbani Choton called on goalkeepers Rashida Akter and Irin Khatun to form a national U-

Exactly one year ago on this day the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) unveiled its four-year calendar, terming it football's

The Budget Committee of the Hero Asia Cup hockey tournament has recently sought explanations from five to six subcommittees for either excessive expenditure or incongruence of the estimated budgets.

The Asia Cup Hockey is done and dusted and India quite predictably retained the title in a country where they famously fell short of

Having trained hard for the past three months, hosts Bangladesh hope to make a good first impression in this edition of the Hero Asia

It started disappointingly for Bangladesh when they suffered a 9-0 defeat against North Korea in their opening fixture of the AFC U-16

It seems the mood in the Bangladesh camp returned to normal having put up a brave performance against three-